Machine for filling dry batteries.



Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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9% ma i P; NUN G'EJSEE.

MACHINE F03 FILLHIG DBIZ BATTERIES.

' APPLIUATIDN FILED AUGA, 1908,

P. P. NUHQF :SEE.

MACHINE FOE FILLING DRY BATTEE'LES,

Patensed Felt. 28, 1911.

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APPLICATION IELED BRILL i, 1908.

Q INVEMTOR (Egan,

J a v T'TY-fi I P. P, NUNGESSER. MACHINE FOR FILLINGDRY BAT TEBIES,

APPLIOATIQN FILED AUGA, 1908.

Patented. Feb. 28, 1911.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

P. P. NUNGESSER.

MAGHINE FOR FILLING DRY BATTERIES.

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APPLICATION FILED AUGMZ, 1908. 985,69 1

P. P. NUNGESSER.

momma FOR FILLING DRY BATTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4, 1908.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

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BY WWW ATTYS nrrnn srarfss rirrnnr onrionf.

PHILIP P. NUNGESEER, 0F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NUNGESSER ELEC' TRIS BATTERY COMPANY, OF GLEVE'LAND, DHIO, A CORIPQRATIQN.

MACHINE FOR FILLING DRY BATTEBIES.

Specification of Letters latent. Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed Augustl, 1903. Serial No. 446,903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known t 1st I, PHILIP P. Nmienssnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cnyahoga and State of Ohio have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for -Filling Dry Batteries, and do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to a machine for filling dry batteries, and the invention. consists in the construction and combination of parts substantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 1s a side elevation of the machlne, and Fig. 2 1s a front elevation thereof with the hop- 'per in section in both views. Fig. 3 is a relatively enlarged vertical sectional elevation of the upper portion of the machine, the parts being positioned substantially as seen in Fig. 1. 42 is ail-enlarged sectional elevation of the lower portion of the machine not shown in Fig. 3,\but otherwise corresponding to said figure and to Fig. 1. Fig. is a vertical sectional elevation of the lower part of the machine corresponding in this particular with'Fi 2 but with the plunger tube and parts down in tamping position, whereas said parts are in raised position in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a plan view of line 6-43, Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is aperspective view of the cup and carbon holder shown as open to receive a cup and carbon.

In the machine as thus shown, B repre sents the base as an entirety, which is designed to stand upon a solid or unyielding foundation and which. comprises a standard 6 and a flat laterally extending table sup port I), said portions being all cast in one piece and constituting a single member referred to hereinafter as-tlie base of the machine.

E represents a post or upright, which may be a portion of the building or other similar sustaining member, to which the metallic frame F is bolted or attached. Said frame is a single piece of casting in this instance and has three several arms a,.a and a? projecting forwardly therefrom and adapted'to carry operating members as will hereinafter However, the lower arm a 1S appear.

standard of base B r-l amped directly the beneath table 12- and which permanently connects these arts into a combined structure.

' The hanwork of the machine is performed immediately over the table support 6, whichvcomes to a suitable elevation or level for the convenience of the operator, say approximately three feet from the floor, and the hopper H, adapted to receive the flour or material with which the cups or bans are filled is supported from the said base 25 by suitable posts or uprights b and has a hole at its center for the passage-of tamping tube'l and the. feed of the material. Said hopper, therefore, is rigidly supported from the base and remains stationary throughout all the operations.

C represents the so-called cup or can holder shown clearly in Fig. I, and comprising two sections hinged together and having the section a stationary with its supporting table 4 and the section 0 hinged thereon to swing into closed position with relation thereto and having a catch or latch 5 to automatically look when the sections are closed. The table or stand l is slidable laterally or back and forth toward the operator within limits so as to withdraw the said holder from under the hopper to place a can or cup 5 therein to be filled as well as to suspend the carbon 6 centrally in said cup in position where it is to remain when the cup has been filled. To this-end I provide a two-linger spring clamp or device 7 adapted to engage the reduced end or stem of the carbomand said device is supported on arm 8 pivoted in standard 9 on the cup support C. The spring clamp 7 is sufiiciently strong to grip the carbon and hold it firmly in the can while the can is being filled and tamped with the material, and when filled and the operations are momentarily suspenc ed the tube T is withdrawn and held in raised position, the can holder swung open, and the carbon clamp released by raising the same, when the filled can or cup is removed. Another can or cup and a carbon are then immediately placed in position in the said holder, when the holder is again closed and the parts pushed back and operations are resunicd to fill the can as before, and so on repeatedly and rapidly, because the operations are such as to require only a few moments to fill the can when these preliminaries have been taken care of; It is to be observed in this connection that the camping or filling of the can occurs upon a perfectly'solid or unyielding foundation, and that there is no recoding or dropping oi. the can or its bob tom support as the filling proceeds and. as is 5 expressly ,ElIOVlClQd for in the machine patented by me under date ofal'anuary 9, 11906, No. 809,526. Experience has demonstrated that a better construction and better results in filling battery cans-is obtained by lCr'working to a solid tamping base and de pending upon a. yielding tamping mechanism to do the work uniformly as to the full depth or the can,as well as for the cans successively as to have them all packed exactly alike. The said table, 4t, which car- -ries the can audits holder is adapted to be set centrally beneath plunger or tamper l bya set screw 11 on the base 6, and other wise is centered by and between guides 19 on said. base within which it' slides; Now, having the parts in position relatively as seen in Figs. '1 and 4.: and ready for use, the tamping or packing. of the material pro coeds from mechanism receiving power from or through the shaft carrying the band or like wheel S, and upon which shaft'the cam I) is supported. Said cam is designed to actuate the packing plunger P, and a bolt or shaft 12 extends transversely through the said plunger and through a sleeve 13 about the same and has a roller or wheel 14 mounted thereon and adapted to be engaged by the said cam to lift the plunger. A small roller-'15 is mounted upon the extremity of said, shaft 12 outside of roller 14; and runs between the two lateral guides 16 fixed upon frame F and serves to hold the said plunger and roller 14.- in alined wogking re lation in all the movements of the plunger and down.

From this construction and operation of f parts it will. be understood that the plunger or camping tube does not rotate axially in its movements but is confined to a direct vertical travel or movement. Then to obtain impact or thrust of the ,plunger I depend mainly upon spring 18, which is wound spirally about a rod R suspended from any suitable framework above and, projecting- K into the plunger tube, carries a piston 19 1;;iiherei11. The said sprin 18 bears upon a screw cap 20 on the top 0 said plunger, and

. packing next to said'cap confined by a ring or disk 21 beneath. the same serves to make the tube air tight at its top and between the same and piston 19. Another disk 22 is in sorted in o plunger tube P immediately in: rodor shaft 12 which carries roller 14, and is made air tight thereinby '60 any suitable means, so that the said'tube or pipe P practically provides two -a ir.cham bers between its ends divided by piston 19 and each of which has an airicontrolling valve or cool. and 24- respectively, whereby an auxiliary springjor, cushioning efiect l l I cancer.

may be obtained supplementing or modify ing the action of spring 18 as the work may require and assisting in determining andassuring uniform packing of the material'in the battery can. In operation therefore the cam D lifts the plunger tube, and, having passed. the roller, permits the plunger to drop both by its own gravity and under the tension of spring 18 to force it down. I If there be air under pressure confined in the lower air space 26 by reason of valve 23 be ing closed,.the expansion of the air in the descent of the plunger will accentuate its thrust and lend proportionately to the impact in the battery cup. However, this may be oliset by admitting a con'iparatively small volume of air in the said air space 26, and whicn would in proportion retard the-descent of the plunger. Air admitted into the upper space 25 by valve 24 would also retard and cushion the down stroke of the plunger tube. It is clear, therefore, that the two air spaces .or chambers controlled by the two valves 23 and 24: enable me to' graduate the stroke or blow of the plunger upon the material in the can to practically any desired degree or measure, and having determined the same by this mechanism 1- can set the mechanism for uniformity in all the work turned out by the machine. While the lamp ing proceeds as it has begun, Fig. 5, the op erator is in position to feed the right proportions of the material into the can from hopper H during the time plunger Pis with drawn, and in approximately even measure with each stroke so that the plunger will have about the same work to do each. time, and about nine strokes of the plunger are sufficient to fill and pack the can with the flour or material. When a can is filled, the operations of the plunger are temporarily suspended by throwing the bell crank lever 28 into position beneath collar 29 on the plunger. Thiscollar carries the valve 24 and forms a shoulder for the said lever '28 to engage and hold the plunger in its raised position against the compression of spring 18. This also permits cam D to continue rotation but without affecting the plunger, and a spring 30 holds the said lever in engaging position with the plunger, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3, until released by the operator through the treadle '32. Said treadle is con nected with the free end of said lever 28 by a cord or wire 33, and the said levcr28 is released by the foot of the operator and is held out of locking engagement by his footuntil acan has been filled and is ready to be removed. Then the foot is removed and lever- 28 springs into engagement with collar 29 and holds the plunger in suspended position as before. At the beginning of the filling and tampi'ng operations it is desirable to cushion the blow of the plunger more.or less for obvious reasons, and this is accomc quick down notion lsdes iredat lfhc start.

This sonn 18 su 'inlles. But the, end of,

. 1 v Z": I F 1 each stroke onslnonlng 1s dosned. llns the oeneol lighgll in this lnsta'nce by 'IHffiiHS G E a spinal arrests llle downward stroke of the plunger on L Shaped? or at least breaks .it force. ll;- glvill boobservod, also that he plunge? ispro'vided dill :1 removable lower extwmity' oncnd portion: 3': which is part. that enters the can and has a lei'lgtlm' 'ise slot to accompnodate the arm SjYlnch carries the carbon clamp 7, so lilmt in the reciprocation of the plunge-1* therewill be necessary accommodaliion at tlns'point for said arm and obstruc tion will bev avoided. The plunger tube o? pipe P lilimjv-ioe; is provided with opposite, slots &0 lengthwise adepte(l to accommodate 'le ell 'which extends into the plunger edge in its lower portion and eateries rod 42' on which is :lfilzfied a disk to e3, are stnntionary Wifih v "i nd the plungex reoiprooetes' i111 speet there-to, so that disk 4L3 becomes a cleans dig member or denying member for the" lower poetical of the plunger and. parliculafrl yiioc li-llfi separate portion 371 This fportioniof tho plnnger in time is vliable to become Wom al its lower; end, particularly, l

{Where it strikes the material and requires replacing after a time. The-top portion 6. of the-base extends, forward of the hopper .faronongh to draw the cup lioldev am, thereon beyond the hopper to remove the filled cop and to place another' thereon, with the oarbon fwhen the holder and its sl-and or base 4: are pushodfback to filling positioz'i.

Said stander base. may be afisepamate or integral withone said holder;

A; supplemental geotion or half of the plate is removably place-d b e ne'ath .can in a slot in'mble l to i take the wegr'ocoasioned by the continual thrust. of the can "dnrgngfillmg operanon, end $a1d plate s adgnstably held 111 place y Sol screw 4L8.

The machlno 1s adapted to" filldifferent slice of baltcries with difi'erent grades of 'mzitel-lal, and 171115 when cuslnomng adgnsfments by the valves23 and 24 aionce set, uniform results are n oducod. Light tamp ing; or heavy tainplng of the mutni'ial may t'akeplace is required, and adjnslnlents may g blow during filling ()}i)lfill0l'l8 of each can in uniform blow dlronghontyall as predetermined b odjnstlnez'xt of the; notn above spring 1-8 or the amount oleir taken in or excluded from the respectlve a l! chambers iio'and i6 A.

wemi and whim m V be replaced when 'soid px ojc-ct-ion and adapted to cleanse sai 5oz lfisi'eeessed from its front szilitalfsle metal plate is rexnovably moonled .131 fins and nd' usi'ebly secured therein'lz-y set-screw =6. As each Successive 11- n '15 filled *lxe force of the tnlnplng blows min-5;: "led in plate 45 wlnch takes up all lmsfancoz rco-n lVhnt I clann l8: '1 A; maclune for filllng dry batteries comp? 1 1" onp holder and a carbon snp poi-t anonnred on said holder and cons l ing o 2 pivoted arm and a spring cliunp thereon io-engage the carbon.

0 A machine; flu filling dry. batierles I mounted thereon, incsnnbinar; UO-IL with lnbnlar plunger having a Slot lengthwise and said z'u'n'l adapted to project through said slot into said plunger.v

3. machine for filling dry batteries comp a suitable-base undo cup holder there-(n1, :11 carbon supporting device n1ounted on said holder, and a Cubnlar plunger hex-fin uropon slot in its lower end into i 'vdevico is; mlaptedlo project and opting clamps on, its inner end to hold cafbo'mg "machine for filling dry b atteris 1g a feedhopper lmvlng a hole in= ltsl)ofjio1'n,*a cup holdernexi beneath said ho a won a olnng'er ode )ted .to enter sand l 1 I.

holdeetln'ough said hopper and a carbon s igport'mounted on Silld holder and extend in-ginto said plunger.

p.415; machine T01 filling di'y batteries having 2; tubular plunger provided With a itndinal slot, 2: fixed projection extendgdnt'o said slot, and a device attached tojjlnnger internally.

6; Ina n'molnno for filling dry batteries, a tubular plunger and means to "11ft the same consisiin '2; of a rotaiablo cam and 'a roller vtubular plunger and a fixed pi'sl onsupf poi ted i1'1.thenpper c11d thereof, said plungericonstl ncted to provide. aincompression epaces'on opposite oides of said pistonprovided eacllwith an air controlled opening, and a Spring; adapted to prosdownward on said plunger.

l\ I. 8. In'a. machine for filling dry Batteries, a YGIUCQ'lly 'reclprocatlng, :tubnl a1- plungerclosedbetween llS ends to fol-man on chambr, a fixed 30d entering the same act-he top npliolder and :1 carbonsupand a, piston thereon in said air space, and a 5 sing about said rod bearing np'on said 5 plunger.

jcction and a foot controlled lever and connections therefrom to said device' to shift'the same and release theplun er. r

11, In a machine for filling dry batteries,"

a vertically reciprocating plunger and means to raise the same, -in combination with means to hold the plu'ngerwhen raised comprising a pivoted lever and "a projection on the plunger engaged-thereby.

12. In a machine for filling dry batteries, aplunger having a collar, a pivoted lever adapted to engage beneath saidIcolla-nia spring to hold the lever in engagement and foot cont-rolled means to release said lever.

' 13. In a machine for fillingdry batteries,

a plunger and a collar thereon, a lever v l 30 adapted tolengage beneath saidcollarand,

a spring to hold the-lever in en'gagement, 1n comb natlon with devicestorelease sald lever comprising a foot controlled member and a cord connecting the same withgsaid lever and adapted to pull againstthetensionofsaidfspring. I

1 14., A machine for fillingjdry batteries comprising a ta-mping plunger; meansto lift the same, and fluid devices to cushion the tamping blow of said plunger. 4 i

15. A machine .for filling drybatterie's comprising. a tamping plunger, means .to raise the same, and fluid devices having valves adapted to provide for varying cushioning effects on the down stroke of said 16. A machine for filling dry batteries, comprising a tamping plunger and means to impart a quick stroke thereto upon initial down movement thereof, and means to cushion the end tamping strokes of said plunger.

A machine for filling dry batteries comprising a two part cup holderand a support therefor, and means to support a carbon stick mounted on one of .said cup holder parts and the other part free to open.

18. A machine for filling dry batteries comprising a base, a cup-holder thereon, a plunger adapted to tamp the material Within said holder, a cam to lift the. plunger, a com- I pression spring to thrust the plunger down ward, and means to variably change, the de greeof compressionof said spring.

6 k 19. A machine for lfilling.l-dry batteries comprising a gravity tamping plunger,--- a.

rotatable cam adapted to lift the plunger, a-

cushioning spring for the plunger,-andadjustable means for the spring to meet variable conditions in the? plunger. 20; A

operation of said machine for filling dry batteries having a plunger and means to prevent the same from rotating, a roller mounted onone side ofuth'e plunger-and a power actuated cam arranged' to engage said roller, and a;

s ring and adjustable means .to force the;

p un'ger downward when released said cam.

721. A machin for filling dry ease and means to depress the plunger comprising a spring adapted to press downwardly there? on and a fixed rod and an adjustablenut'en-j gaged by said spring.

having a vertically movable plunger, and means-to lift the same-to dropping positiomij '22. In a machine'forfilling dry batteries, a stationaryffeed hopper and a stationary base having alatera'lly projecting top egla tending beyond the edge of said ho per, my

combination with a 'laterallymovab e1 stand and cup holder adapted to be shifted forwartlly on said top beyond said-hopper to facilitate interchange of cans andintroduc '-tion of carbons'into the cans during'opera tions.

' 23; A machine for filling dry batteries' comprising a two-part cup holder, astand on which one of said parts is fixed andithe other of said parts hinged to swing o en,v guides in w iich' and a stationary base havin v, said stand is mounted to slide horizontally to the front of them'achine, andan adjustablestop inward movement of said stand,

24. A" machine for filling dry at the rear of said base to limit the batteries having a stationary feed. hopper with a hole in its bottom, a stationar base beneath said I hopper having a top pro ecting to the front a beyond said holpdper and provided with guide 'ways, a cup ho er and a stand therefor slid' able in said guide-ways between said base and said hopper, an adjustable stop adapted to limit theinward movement of said stand,

and said holder provided with a hingedsed tion adapted to be opened.

25. A machine for filling dry batteries comprising a frame with an arm, a plunger adapted to reciprocate variably in said arm,

a spring about said plunger resting-on said arm and a collar having means to adjustahly fix the same at difierent points on the plunger to strike said spring and cushion the descent of the plunger to any degree as may be predetermined. I

, 26. In a machine for filling dry batteries,

a stationary baseiandi a cup holder thereon,

*ingeombination with; a gravity plunger and means to-raise thesame, and azjspring having a onnection with the top e; plunger an same; 6

with a stationary part am} means to adjustl he set to meei changeable conditions at the 10 ably change the Working relations between tamping end of the plunger.

said spring and plunger. i In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 27. In a machine for filling dry batteries, ion in the preseneeof two Witnesses.

e si-azionery base ar d. a cup hoi ier thereon, PHILIP P. NUNGESSER 1n cembmatlon Wlth a gravity plunger adapted to move varia bie disteiices on. its down stroke, means to raise the plungeremi an adjustable cushioning devise adapted ta Vii-messes E M FISHEIQ E. G; MUeeUN. 

